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ARM 14, 078 (P351418)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351418 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-li2-ia# qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma | your servant |
| 4 | asz-szum 2(disz) {lu2}za-al-ma-qa-i{ki} | Concerning the two Zalmaqaeans |
| 5 | be-li2 ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um-ma-a-mi | My lord wrote me thus: |
| 6 | as-su2-ur-ri-ma a-wa-as-su2-nu us,-s,i2-ma | I returned, and their words I recited, and |
| 7 | {lu2-mesz}za-al-ma-qa-yu{ki} 4(disz) {lu2}ha-na-_mesz_ | the Zalmaqaean(s), 4 harem managers |
| 8 | i-sza-ha-ru {lu2-mesz}szu-nu-ti a-na {lu2}su-ti-i | they will ask, and their people to the Sutians |
| 9 | ru-qu2-tim a-na ia-ah-ma-mi-i | the distant to Yahmamî |
| 10 | lu-u2 a-na al-mu-ti-i | or to a widow |
| 11 | u2-lu-ma a-na e-esz3{ki} a-szar la uz-nim-ma | or to E’eš, a place not known |
| 12 | [a-na ma]-ti-szu-nu la i-ka-asz-sza-du | they shall not reach their country. |
| 13 | [a-na szi-mi]-im# li#-id-di-nu-szu-nu-ti | they should give them to a fate. |
| 14 | [an-ni-tam be-li2 isz-pu]-ra#-am | This my lord wrote to me. |
| 15 | [...] x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x]-ta#-ku x [x] x {lu2#-mesz#}ha#?-na#? x [x x] | ... the mayors |
| 2' | ih-ta-al-qu2 {lu2-mesz}szu-nu-ti a-na szi-mi#-im# | they have stolen, their people to a fate |
| 3' | a-na {lu2}su-ti-i ma-an-nu-um i-na-ad-di#-in#-szu-nu-ti | Who will give them to Sūtu? |
| 4' | a-na-ku-u2 a-na-ad-di-in-szu#-[nu]-ti# | I will give them. |
| 5' | _lu2-mes_ szu-nu a-na {lu2}su-ti-i x [...] x | these men to the Sutian |
| 6' | e-zu-ub la {lu2}su-ti-i a-na# [... i]-ba#-asz#-szu-u2 | “It is not my fault that there is a man to ... |
| 7' | li-sza-ap-pi2-lu-szu-nu-ti-ma ba-x [...] x-al#-ma# | They should be smitten with them and ... ... and |
| 8' | a-wa-as-su2-<nu> us,-s,i2-ma i-na-an-na [...] | (Sum) The word of the lord is a flood, it rages(?) (Akk) Their word is raged, now ... |
| 9' | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti a-na szi-mi-im la i-[na-ad-di-nu-ma] | those men to a fate they shall not give and |
| 10' | i-ni-szu-nu li-il-pu-tu#-ma x [...] | They should shave their heads and ... ... |
| 11' | li-te-nu u2-lu-ma li-sza-na-szu-nu [li-ik-ki-su-ma] | let them be slain, and let them bind him, and |
| 12' | [a]-wa#-as-su2-nu la us,-s,i2# sza# _ARAD2_-du#-[ti-ia] | Their words cannot be changed, that of my servant Dutiya |
| 13' | [a-na] s,e#-er be-li2-ia asz2#-tap#-ra-am be-li2 [...] | I have written to my lord, my ... . |
| 14' | [x] x [x] x [...] x [...] | |
| 15' | li#-isz-pu#-[ra]-am# | may he write to me. |
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